The Department of Defence has awarded contracts worth $23 million to 10 Australian businesses whose innovative ideas could strengthen the capability of the Australian Defence Force. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the contracts, awarded through the Defence Innovation…
In a speech to the Cooperative Research Australia Innovation Showcase last week at Parliament House in Canberra, Minister for Science & Technology Melissa Price set out the importance of innovation, cooperation and commercialisation for a strong and growing, high technology…
Defence has launched a Small Business Advocacy Team dedicated to helping Australian defence SMEs win a greater share of critical Defence projects. Minister for Defence Industry Melissa Price said the establishment of the new team within the Office of Defence…
Defence has committed a further $81.4 million to Soveriegn Industry Capability Priority (SICP) grant program aimed at growing the sovereign industrial capability of Australia’s defence industry, extending the program until 30 June 2025 as part of the 2022-23 Budget. Minister…
The Defence Innovation Hub will seek submissions from Australian industry for innovations that will strengthen specific defence capabilities in the areas of guided weapons and explosive ordnance, integrated air and missile defence, and undersea warfare. Submissions will open on 1…
The Defence budget for 2022-23, announced on 29 March, will be $48.6 billion, including $1.6 billion for the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD). The budget will rise in the out years, according to the Defence Portfolio Budget Statement, to $51.6, $53.5…
Adelaide-based Fleet Space Technologies has launched GeoSphere, a first-of-its-kind system that combines wireless Geodes, intelligent cloud processing and a constellation of low earth orbit (LEO) nanosatellites to discover critical resources up to 100 times faster than traditional methods. The GeoSphere…
The Australian department of Defence has issued a request for Information (RFI) on Test and Evaluation (T&E), demonstrating its commitment to work with industry to develop key sovereign Defence capabilities. Defence in late-2020 recognised that test, evaluation, certification and systems…
The Adelaide-based Defence Innovation Hub, in collaboration with the Australian Army is seeking innovative Submissions from industry for a Special Notice relating to ‘Tactical Logistics Uncrewed Aerial Systems for the Land Force’. This will include exhibiting at Army Innovation Day…
Aerospace engineering business Hypersonix Launch Systems together with the University of Southern Queensland, LSM Advanced Composites and New South Wales-based Romar Engineering, have been awarded a $2.95 million Cooperative Research Centres Projects (CRC-P) grant from the Federal Government. The project,…